Portage

As farmers work on the harvest, agriculture ministers from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg this week for the annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) meeting. The annual event hosted by Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn and Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald provided a key platform to discuss shared challenges, policy priorities, and the future of Canadian agriculture. 

Calli Leckie is settling into her new role as student council president at MacGregor Collegiate Institute, and she’s already making moves to boost school spirit and student engagement.

“It’s been a pretty exciting week. Lots of new stuff around the school. It’s been going good.”

The council has held two meetings so far; one ahead of the Grade 9 students’ first day, and another on the first Monday of the school year to begin planning the year’s events.

At just 11 years old, local singer, songwriter, and voice actor Jo-Hannah Atchison is already turning heads with her voice and heart. The Grade 6 student from Yellow Quill School returned to the Country 93.1 studio this week to debut her first original song, 'Threads of Our Love,' and to talk about an exciting month filled with performances and a Nova Star award nomination.

Joe Masi, Portage la Prairie City councillor and advocacy chair board member with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), says municipalities need reliable federal investment if Ottawa expects to meet its housing targets. The federal government has pledged 500,000 homes annually over the next decade, but Masi says local governments cannot achieve that without support. 

Arthur Ernest Ammeter

With great sadness, we announce that our husband, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend, Arthur “Art” Ammeter, left us at the age of 82 to be with his Saviour and Lord on September 2, 2025, at the Portage District General Hospital.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Debbie Ammeter (Mostowy) of Elie, Manitoba; his children: Carly (Glen) Nowell of Bedford, NS, and Rebecca (Mark) Corrigan of Saskatoon, SK; his grandchildren: Sylvia and James Nowell and Keziah, Nizanna, and Biruk Corrigan.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are mourning the loss of their former assistant general manager and director of personnel.

Ted Goveia, who spent 11 years with the Blue Bombers before becoming the general Manager of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Dec. 5, 2024, passed away this week following a months-long battle with esophageal cancer.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH

MLB
Toronto 6 Houston 0

NFL
Green Bay 27 Washington 18

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH

WHSFL - AAAA Division
Tec Voc at Portage Collegiate, 4:30 PM

CFL
Winnipeg at Hamilton, 6 PM

Canada has a need for a co-ordinated flash flood warning system and could deepen its European partnerships as the United States cuts climate- and weather-related funding, says a new report digging into the future of Canada's weather service. 

The independent assessment prepared for Environment and Climate Change Canada says significant cuts to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threaten a wide range of weather and water monitoring in Canada, from the Arctic to the Great Lakes. 

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba has scored an economic win even though the Port of Churchill expansion isn't one of the first infrastructure projects being considered for fast-track approval under new federal legislation. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney has named the first five proposals considered of national interest to be referred for speedy approval.

Among five additional projects listed as future projects is upgrading the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay so it can ship year-round. 

The first week back at Oakville School is already shaping up to be a good one. Students have jumped into their routines with ease, and Principal Mark Sokolowski says the energy in the halls has been nothing short of uplifting.

“We’ve had an excellent start here,” Sokolowski shares. “Kids have picked up where we left off in the fall, and everyone’s settled into routine very quickly. So we’ve had a really great start.”